“loosing” is a form of
loose
UK /luːs/ · US /lus/ verb, adjective, noun, interjection, proper noun
Forms looses loosing loosed looser loosest
- verb (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
- verb (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
- verb (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
- verb (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
- verb (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
- verb (obsolete) To set sail.
- verb (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
- adjective Not fixed in place tightly or firmly. “This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.”
- adjective Not held or packaged together. “You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.”
- adjective Not under control. “The dog is loose again.”
- adjective Not fitting closely. “I wear loose clothes when it is hot.”
- adjective Not compact. “It is difficult walking on loose gravel.”
- adjective Relaxed. “She danced with a loose flowing movement.”
- adjective Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate. “a loose way of reasoning”
- adjective Indiscreet. “Loose talk costs lives.”
- noun (archery) The release of an arrow.
- noun (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
- noun (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
- noun Freedom from restraint.
- noun A letting go; discharge.
Synonyms
free release loosen unbind undo unfasten untie relax slacken let go fire shoot unfastened untethered separate unpackaged baggy diffuse loose-limbed indiscreet liberate unloose unloosen unleash let loose informal liberal lax unaffixed slack
Antonyms
bind constrain fasten tie tighten fast firm tight packaged bound leashed tethered compact
Etymology
From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
- adjective Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; --with from or of. Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts Addison.
- noun Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] Prior.
- noun A letting go; discharge. B. Jonson. To give a loose, to give freedom.
Etymology [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. Lose, and cf. Leasing falsehood.]
Etymology [From Loose, a.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “loose”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details